Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, will endorse Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for his seat, on Thursday, according to the Coakley campaign. Mrs. Kennedy will be joined by Mr. Kennedy's...

Midway through a conversation about his quixotic bid to be the Republican Presidential nominee, Orrin Hatch, the grim-faced Mormon patriarch who serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked a question no other United States Senator has...